Friday, 16 January 2009

Detailed notes on the main Task

After the discussion and short notes, we begun to finalise our production, in terms of props, setting, camera shots and transitions.

1] Close up of a clock, ticking in slow motion. Amplified noise of the clock's motion, representation of time, dramatic effect and tension.

2] Introduction of character and setting.
Props;
Table, gun, ashtray, drink, remote
Room;
Basic, not much in their apart from the character, and his items on the table, representation of being alone, and having lost everything he used to have.

High angle/establishing shot, as character walks around the room. Narration over the shot, along with ambient sounds of cars passing by, and one which stops outside the house.
Amplified sound of a knock on the door, signifies a change in emotion and pace. Cut to close up of man's face, to show his reaction, shock, fear.

3] Cuts to outside of the house, facing the door. Hand knocking on the door shown, but no revealing of who it is. Sounds amplified of the knocks onto the door, and the shouting. Represent sense of authority within the scene.

Cut to medium shot of man in the house, as he finishes off his drink. Simultaneously as this happens, amplified sound of the door being smashed down, as the other(s) rush in.

4] Man picks up his gun, close up. Cuts to medium/low angle shot of him, showing to be superior, deep focus. His gun in hand focus on, other character(s) appear in the background. For the unknown, mise en scene of trenchcoats, hats, classic mysterious character appearance. Low level light will be used to influence this representation of mystery/ suspicion.
Camera slowly turns to behind him, tilting/crab across, creating the sense that you are on his side, subverting the status in socity (such as the matrix).

Cut to crowd shot, from the side showing both types of characters standing opposite eachother. Clock will be centered, keeping everything involved within the scenes to be still linked until the end. The ticking of the clock will be amplified again, supporting the clip as the clip shown in slow motion, unsteady.
(Will need to make sure the time on the clock is similar to what it was in the beginning.)

5] Begins to crab over to behind the character(s) in the trenchcoat(s), signifying a change in side to be on. Deep focus onto the man in background, as begins to lift up his gun and point it at them.
Jump to zoom/extreme close up of the gun, a effect used to represent gun being used, along with amplified sound. Flash will go to a blank, black screen, then fading to the title of the film and the credits, along with common soundtrack music in the background.

This is a basic outline, but upon the filming i'm sure it could be altered, as the first decisions are never the finished product.

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